Biofuel Blog War

Dr. Ken Cassman of Univesity of Nebraska-Lincoln, is now scheduled to make a special presentation at the Nebraska Ethanol Board meeting on March 6. Dr. Cassman is the co-author of a study that found that corn ethanol reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 51 percent compared to gasoline.
The study, published in the Journal of [...]

It certainly pays to be a Kansas State Wildcat this coming Monday, as students will get a FREE tank of E85 or E10 ethanol and a free lunch when they show their student ID at the Manhattan Farmers Cooperative. Plus, you could win an computer or a new hard drive.

The “Wildcat Free-For-All,” sponsored by [...]

Honda has announced that they plan to build a new R&D facility in Japan that will focus on producing biofuels from non-food feedstocks. The 1,050 m2 lab is expected to be completed and operating by November of this year. Honda has been working with the Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth since 2006 [...]

As I was surfing the blogosphere today looking for something to write about I came across Greentech Media’s post, Algae Biodiesel: It’s $33 a Gallon.
The headline, not to mention the first paragraph are both real downers,
Although many believe that algae will become one of the chief feedstocks for diesel and even hydrocarbon-like fuels, growing large [...]

After alluding to putting $15 billion in renewable energy development during his State of the Union Address (see my post from last Tuesday night), Pres. Barack Obama has officially called for the money in his first budget.
From his statement posted on the White House Web page:
Because our future depends on our ability to break free [...]

In a time when we constantly hear about rising unemployment, there’s some good news for the U.S. job sector… thanks to ethanol and biodiesel. A new report says advanced biofuels could directly create nearly 200,000 jobs in the next 13 years, with indirect and direct effects accounting for more than 800,000 new jobs and [...]

This edition of the DomesticFuel Cast… and yes, we have returned on a regular basis… we look at Destiny, Florida… a community striving to be the nation’s first eco-sustainable city.
We talked to Roz Gatewood, the Vice President of Business Development for the 41,000-acre community founded in 2005 in South Central Florida… less than an hour [...]

The Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute (AFVi) have announced that General Wesley Clark, T. Boone Pickens, and Jeff Schuster will be their keynote speakers for their 2009 conference. Their fifteenth annual conference will be held in Orlando, Florida on April 19-22, 2009.
Keynote speakers will be joined by 200 experts presenting topics in thirty-five concurrent [...]

Volkswagen will be running B5 biodiesel in all its race cars, transport vehicles and generators during the 2009 Jetta TDI Cup season.
This press release says they’ll be using the green fuel provided by Houston-based HYPERFUELS:
“We are extremely pleased to have HYPERFUELS as a partner for the 2009 Jetta TDI Cup series. SynDiesel(R) B5 biodiesel has [...]

Just moments ago, Pres. Barack Obama, in his first State of the Union Address, laid out his plan he believes will lead to the recovery of the U.S. economy. And alternative energy could wind up being a big winner as part of the plan.
Obama said that while “we have known for decades that our [...]